Privatization Effect on Shareholder Value in the Jordanian State Owned Enterprises

<p<<span lang="EN-GB"<Privatization is the act of reducing the role of government or increasing the role of the private institutions of society in satisfying people’s needs; it means relying more on the private sector and less on government</span<<strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<. </span<</strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<The Jordanian government adopted a privatisation program in 1996 to enhance the efficiency and productivity of government owned companies. The principal objective of this study is</span<<span lang="EN-GB"< to examine the effects of the privatisation program on enhancing the performance of state-owned enterprises in Jordan. </span<<span lang="EN-GB"<Data from 23 companies covering the period from 1996 to 2013 have been used to test the research hypotheses. The data was then analysed using dependent samples t-tests and multiple regression analysis. The results analysis shows that the privatisation program had a significant positive relationship with shareholder value in the Jordanian state owned enterprises. </span<</p<<p<<strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<Keywords: </span<</strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<Privatization, State Owned Enterprises, Shareholder Value<strong<</strong<</span<</p<<p<<strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<JEL Classifications</span<</strong<<span lang="EN-GB"<: L32, L33</span<</p<.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues - 8(2018), 2, Seite 70-78

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Riyad Neman Darwazeh [VerfasserIn]
Mohammad Dabaghia [VerfasserIn]

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DOAJ063767074